IGN UK Podcast #86: New Faces, Northern Voices

This week, we welcome back Alex and say hello to me, the newest member of the IGN UK team, and only the second traveller from the North to infiltrate this forbidding sub-Watford-Gap clique (the other was Boromir).

With Tom away wreaking havoc on a dune buggy somewhere in Dubai, the team pull together to discuss what really matters, but that sadly turns out to be the best way to store a lady's stimulation device.

This week's podcast team of Alex, Chris, Stu, and Daniel (not Sad Dan, sorry!) take a brief break from admiring Alex's shiny ring to talk about:

- Hitman Absolution, Soul Calibur V, and a new Alien game - Alan Wake's difficult second novel - The Interminable PSN Snafu - LA Noire and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Chris's awkward moment with Warwick Davies and The Hoff

If you can't be bothered with downloading the podcast, and the attendant palaver of MP3 players, errant cables, and proprietary 30-pin docks, you can get your 'hysterical paroxysm' right now:

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